Inside IR35?? Does that affect ‘run off’ under PI insurance?

[cojak]

Thank you Carolyn.

An introduction was all we required.

[WordIsBond]

I do not at all get the suspicion on this one. It seems to me a very good point.

Client: 'We've made a determination that you are inside.'

Contractor: 'You realise the law is very clear that if I am not under Supervision / Direction / Control, that you can't make that determination, that would be clearly outside.'

Client: 'You are under SDC.'

Contractor: 'Can you please put that in writing for me? My PI insurance provider will be interested if you try to make a claim against us, since you are affirming that you are telling me how to do the work. They will say that then the liability for things going wrong would obviously rest with you, if I'm just doing what you tell me to do and how to do it.'

Client: 'Hmm. I'll get back to you.'

It's an irrelevance to HMRC, but it's one more argument you can use with a client. It won't do any good if they are saying everyone is umbrella, of course. It's only useful for combating an inappropriate inside determination.